Toy



Feb. 7, 1933. H NELSON 1,896,913

TOY

Filed July 7, 1931 ill iiiii Hmg 1. [V5955 07g INVENTOR Patented Feb. 7,1933 UNITED STATES Parser es ates- HENRY F. NELSON, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA,ASSIGfiOR Tb CLAY rnossnn, or MUNGIE, INDIANA TOY T Application filedJuly 7, 193 1, Serial Ilo. 549,272.

My present invention has reference to a new and novel construction oftoy pistols, and one of the primary objects of the invention is theprovision of a. toy pistol which may be employed for firing papercapsand which may be likewise employed for forcibly projecting otherammunition, such as arrows,

marbles, beans, corn, pebbles, etc. o

A further object is the provision of a toy pistol whose barrel at itsupper portion is grooved longitudinally and which barrel has attached tothe outer end thereof an elastic;

M through and away from the pistol.

A further object is the provision of a novel construction and arranement of trigger and the hammer with which the trigger cooper ates.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in theimprovement herein after described and definitely claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy pistol in accordance with thisinvention, parts being broken away and parts insection, and illustratingthe hammer in cocked position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure '1.

Figure 3 is an end view of the toy pistol.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan view showing a sphere arranged in thegroove of V the barrel to be projected when the elastic band ispermitted to expand. 1

In construction the pistol is made up of two castin'gs,;eacl1 ofwhich ofa similarform and the same are connected by belts or rivets to provideabarrel '1, a rearportion or stock 2 provided with a handle 3 and atrigger. guard 4, The barrel, from its outer end and for its entirelength isgrooved, as at 5, and the stock, at thetterminal of the grooveis provided with an angularly arranged notch 6, the outer walliof whichis solid and this slot v provides a' chainber fora paper cap. The stock,at therear ofthe slot or chamber 6 has its upper portion slotted, as at7,and through this slot the. upper end ofthe hammer is proects.'Thelflhammer has its body portion piv oted, as at 9, in the pistol andthe same ter} minat'esiinto a reducedand what I will term a tailportiOnlO that is designed tobe contacted bythe upper anglearm 11 of atri 'ger 12. The arm lief the trigger passes through a slot 13 in thepistolabove the guard 4: so

that this finger end of the trigger-isreceived ger, at the juncture ofinthe guard. The tri the angle portions-provided thereby is piv-v oted, asat 14;, in the hollow body of the pistol and around this pivot there isarrangedthe coil portio'n15 of spring, one arm ofwhich is indicated bythe nunieral 16 and has its end rounded and is arranged about; the loweredge of the arm ll of the trigger. '1 1e secondarm 17 of. the spring isarched and is in contact withthe wallof the. pistol at thepor- I i tronthereof provided withthe slot 13.

The outer end of the barrel 1 is provided with akey ,hole slotl8-andthereis designed to be passed throughwthe restrictedand to ber'eceivedin thewidened passage of; the said slot, an elastic band 19; The band-isdrawn so that the same is receivedoverthe projecting end .ofthe hammerwhen the arm sphere or like projectile; may be arranged 1n the groove 5to rest upon the shoulder 22 provided at the-terminal of thesaidfgroove, 90

9' pistol is now in'a' position to receive ammu- =cap receiving slot orchamber.

the said shoulderbeing located opposite the The end 12 of the triggerisoperated to draw the'arm 11 thereof off of the tail end of the hammerwhich permits the contraction of the elastic band 19, causing the sameto forcibly move against and explode the cap, and cause-the endless band19 to forcibly contact with the element 21 to forcibly project the samethrough the groove 5 of the barrel 1.

Thus when anexplosive cap and a projectile are simultaneously employed aloud report is made as the projectile is forcibly caused to leave thepistol.

it is merely necessary that theoperator grip V the projecting end of thehammer and swing the same to theposition disclosed by Figure l l tocause the tail to travelover the arm 11 tofpermit of the arms 16 and -17of the spring 7 15 to automatically swing thetrigger on' the pivot 14 tobringthe end of the arm. 11

' against the tail 10 of the hammer. The elastic band is stretched andbrought over the top or projecting portion of the trigger3.

This holds the triggerin cocked position and o I V, the tail end thereoftightly against the outer,"

The tail end 10-of the ham mer 8 will, when the hammer is thus released,lie over the arm -11 of the trigger so that ger contacting the angleportion and :with the end of the arm 11 of the trigger; so that thenition and the parts operable to explode and 7 a therdetailedfdescription will notb'erequired.

Obviously the toy pistol may be employed V for exploding caps withoutprojecting 'ammunition, such as arrows;marbles, beans,-

r While I have herein set forth to project the ammunition." i i Thesimplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof will, it isthought, he readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which theinvention relates so that furcorn, pebbles, etc. through the groove'ofthe barrel thereof may be employed for projecting sucharticles withoutemploying the paper caps. The construction is simple and the devlce maybe cheaplyma'nuf actured and commercialized.

" embodiment of my improved device it is to as fairly be understood thatI do not wish to be re I *s'tricted' to the precise detailsof-constructionherein set forth and, therefore, hold'mya satisfactory '7self entitled to make suchchanges therefrom fall within the scope ofwhat claim; I o d I :c

-Having described the invention, I claim:

1 -A toy pistol for individually or simulta-' neously exploding a capand projecting a pellet or the like, said pistol having the'top s of itsbarrel grooved longitudinally and ha .ing a cap receiving chamber at theterminal of the grooveand a rounded shoulder between x the chamberandrthe groove a pivotally supported hammer havinga tail "end, a pivot-'ally supported trigger having anangle end,

a spring wound around the pivot of the trig Whereof I afiix m signature.7

